Cowboys cut safety Pool, sign two players

OXNARD, Calif. – The Cowboys wasted no time in cutting Brodney Pool and handing the starting strong safety job to Barry Church.

The seven-year veteran got whacked Monday morning along with cornerback Isaac Madison. Their roster spots go to newly signed players WR David Little and RB Javarris Williams.
Dallas inked Pool to a one-year, $1.1 million deal (only $100,000 guaranteed) in free agency to give them a stop-gap option at strong safety after they said goodbye to Abe Elam after last season.

Pool was expected to thrive because he had his two most productive seasons playing for Rob Ryan in Cleveland in 2009 and 2010.

But the Oklahoma alum was expendable after he failed his conditioning test. While he was out, Church got out of the gate strong and seized the job.